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As far as absolute requirements go, there arent many which are needed in order to make a photograph. There is, however, one certain necessity that cannot be dispensed with if you set yourself onto the maddening path of a photographer. You need a camera. Now, it doesnt really matter which camera you have. A camera is after all just a box with an opening that allows light to pass onto some kind of receptor.

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The rumor mill has dried up. This is not unusual for the Post-Pohotokina, Post PPE time of the year and so we are left with very little bits and pieces for our gear lasting souls. Enter the Canon 6DmkII. The latest rumors from CanonRumors give us some data to hand on to, though it is […]

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Today I’m here with Kyle Cong running through his approach on shooting out on location with strobes and how hefinds them! Hey Kyle! The first thing that struck me about your work was the colour toning and how beautifully focused your compositions were. Your location choices are spot on! Can you tell us about your […]

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As soon as humans discovered that it was possible to capture black and white tones ina photographic image, a practical means of color photography was sought by those who dreamed of harnessingthe full spectrum of visible light. Some of the very first photographic color experiments began in the mid-19th century with scientists trying to discover a material that could capturethe color properties of the light that fell upon it.

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In the early days of digital cameras, noise was a much bigger problem than it is these days. DSLRs routinely top out at high ISO ratings that film shooters and early DSLR users could only dream of. In those early days (the early 2000s), when ISO 800 was typically the upper usable limit of high ISO, noise reduction software became a must-have for those of us who were post-processing our files and wanted them to look less like sandpaper and more like something wed be willing to display. Neat... more

I have been using Dropboxfor years now and I have never once had a problem with it…until a week ago when over 2000 files mysteriously vanished from my Dropbox account. For the record, I love Dropbox – to the point whereDropboxis now integral to running my business – here are two examples: Dropbox Lightroom Catalog […]

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Flying Squirrels are fairly common, although seldom seen members of the rodent family. The Southern Flying Squirrel is found throughout the Eastern half of the United States. The Northern version is only found in the Northern most tier of states and in Canada. One of the biggest challenges of this project was attracting, and training […]

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Have a look at these images of bokeh to get someideas.

bokeh /b??k?/nounPHOTOGRAPHYnoun: bokeh
  1. the visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, especially as rendered by a particular lens.

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With seven species of bees having been added to the US endangered species list only a month ago, photographs may soon be all we have left. Thanks to the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab (BIML), at least we’ll have those. For the past several years BIML have been creating stunningly beautiful macro photographs […]

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Facebook’s takeover of Instagram becomesmore apparent by the day. We’ve seen ads, selective algorithm driven feeds, business pages and other features. Some good, some bad. Now, we get online shopping, too. We already have ads popping up in our feeds as we browse. Now we’ll start seeing them inside the posts themselves. Facebook’s own “marketplace” […]

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